South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-15

state News.
Natural gss bon discovered In
Kama aha county.
Ice can be obtained under the
leaves Ia the forests around Davis on
The hottsst summer days.
Fred. Brinkman vas A-fested at
Weston, charged with exscting lie.
gal fees fer obtaining pensions.
Webster county is q paradise for
dancers. Fully two-,hir,is of the IN
habitants can play the viClin.
Meadenbalrs mill ss Sir Johns
Run was burned Tueedav. Lose,
$4,000, includin. 1000 bushels Of
wheat.
Tie Insans Asylum 10 to he pro-
vided with nsW bath roomA bake ov.
ems. greenhouses add sewers lie 70.
tal cost Of which improvements will
DO about O. 500.
In difaeuity q Lewisburg Friday
Dr.. Ruoker shot a. Postmaster Bsrns
three times, ose Of the balls striking
hin in ~ left arm. DR.. Rucker
vent 70 jail II default Of $50. 900 bail.
Two broshers namsd Vanbibbsr, Of
Brsxton county, quarreled . few days
since and one OF them crushed n the
skuii Of the other. making . wound
that viii prove fats'.
A oa4AT camp meeting 10 In prv-
grsss at Mountain Lake Park. Many
people came from California cod Car.
ada 10 attend II, and ths sccommo-
dations for visitoss are % overcro d.
ed that the managers IRE telegraph
isg oil over the couasFy TO psrsons
wbo Intended TO b presest not to
come.
The State Teachtfs' Association o.
rectsd the following officers: Psesi.
dent, Hon. b. 8. Morgan; vice pres.
idents, nrst congressional distriot T.
II. Crago. Wheeling; seconA;; d. W..
Shields. Keyser third, G. S. Laidley,
Charleston f. urtn. J. NJ. Lee, Hun.
tingtop recording secretary, j. 8.
Cornell. Richie Court House CORE.
spending hcretary- v. 8. Fleming /;
treasurer. +. g. Miller. The Asaoci.
alton will bold its next anhual session
at Mountain Lake Park July next.
Twenty five mil,s Of the Cheat Riv.
Or extension OF the W. We. C. & p.
Railroad from Davis will be complet.
ed this season. The extension pr rom.
lses to be one Of much Importance.
IL taps q wealth of cool flat is
thought TO be excellent cokin. coal,
and makes acc. ssible vast re gion of
timber. Seven trial coke ovens ate
now burning. and il It prove q success
from two hundred 20 three humid ed
ovens will be built immt diate'y.
Freight and passeng Z ir,ffis lave
more than doubled this year Oh the
main line. Davis is having q boom.
The tsnbery Of Faycrweather &
Ladew requires from ten TO four, cen
tons Of bark . day. and from it are
shipped from fohr to six carloads OF
leather monthly. Ole lumber som.
pauy shipped seventy-two carloads of
lumber last month. The Presbyteri
an church will he dedicated SUNDAY.
Rev. G. w. F.nlay will preach the
dedicatory sermon. Ga the Saturday
evening preceding. the pastor, Rev.
NJ. W. Woodwork, will be installed.
Cumberland News: The engineer
corps engaged on the Cumberland
and Moorefell railroad will survey
> route for n railroad from hers to
frankfort, via Patterson's Creek.
CharIestown Fee Press: Work.
men on tue Valley Division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad coui.i
not handle rails on Monday with IN
gloved hands, they We're 81 feaied by
the sun. They triad dock leaves, hut
the rails burnt them to q crisp.
Grafton Enterprise During the
great fire Tuesday, q woman, q mem
Der Of tie Woman's Christian Tenn
persnce Union, stood on Latrobe
street shouting: GLORY! G Dry ~
A saIo IN was burning.
MoOrefeh Examiner: The town
Counoil contracted with the artesian
we'll digger for the sinking Of pub
lie vel! on Main street. We under.
stand the Bark Extract Company
have begun the erection Of their works
on North River.
Wednesdays Cumberland News
says that 5. G.. Rogers and j. Shaw
MargaruD> Who belonged 10 the
RiDggold Cavalry and are now pros
porous business men OF Washing on
Pa passed through Cumberland on
Tuesday bound for the South Branch
where they will spend q few days
fishing and looking over their old
stamping-ground "time o. the war"
PeDdleton News: A weasel killed
Is chickens for Henry Crigler, one
night this week.
McNeilrs Rang ers.
Having been solicited by q num-
her of the survivors Of The above
company, TO propose q Reunion Of
the same, at some point near Moore.
field, l suggest that the following
gentlemen act as q committee. con-
fer with each other. and fix the time,
place & proceedings OF said re nuion
Committee, George 5. Harness, Rob
ert Loeb, NJ. Alexander; John Fay,
Oakland Join Lynn. Cumberland
and VI, -. Trumbo BrAndyvine The